Description of the attraction
Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth is one of three active naval bases in Great Britain. The other two are located in Clyde and Davenport. Two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface fleet is based here. The modern aircraft carrier "Glorified" is based here, and the newest aircraft carriers "Queen Elizabeth" and "Prince of Wales", the construction of which began in Portsmouth in 2008, will also be based here. It is the UK's oldest naval base; its history is closely related to the history of the country, and it is here that the Portsmouth Historic Dock is located, where you can see various attractions associated with the history of the British Navy.
Portsmouth dry dock is the oldest in the world. Ships have been built in this city since the XII century, since the time of King Richard the Lionheart. Now you can see and visit the famous ships here.
The oldest is the Mary Rose, the flagship of King Henry VIII. She was launched at Portsmouth in 1510 and sank with almost her entire crew in 1545 in the Solent. Fishermen discovered the sunken ship in 1836, and divers raised various objects to the surface. From the inscriptions on the guns, it was possible to establish that it was "Mary Rose". The ship was fully brought to the surface in 1982, after years of research and preparation. Now the "Mary Rose" hull is kept in a special protective atmosphere, it is constantly moistened with cool water. The Mary Rose Museum exhibits items lifted from the ship.
Here in Portsmouth, the Royal Navy of Great Britain's battleship Victory (Victory), known for being the flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and Admiral Nelson was mortally wounded on board, stands eternally at anchor. In 1922, the ship was docked at Portsmouth dock and is the oldest warship still on alert today.
The ship "Warrior" ("Warrior") was the world's first metal battleship. She was launched in 1860 and was at that time the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and most armored warship in the world. However, he did not take part in any naval battle. Due to the rapid development of the military industry in the second half of the XIX century, "Warrior" very quickly became technically and morally obsolete, and in 1883 it ceased its service as a warship. Later it was used as a training base, as a warehouse, as a floating tanker - and only a miracle saved it several times from being sold for scrap. At the end of the 60s, in connection with the growing interest in the country's naval history, the question of the search and restoration of the ship was raised. The restoration work was completed in 1979 and the Warrior becomes a museum ship in Portsmouth.
Reviews
| All reviews 5 Valeriu 2013-26-03 15:16:27
Delightfully How you want to visit these beautiful corners of the world !!!
